Fly-catcher.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

J. SOHNELL. FLY GATGHER.

APPLICATION nun DEC. 2, 1903.

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A 7TOHNE Y8 PATENT Patented September 6, 1904:.

JOHN SCHNELL, OF MACON, GrEORGIA.

FLY-CATCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 769,494, dated September 6, 1904. Application filed December 2,1903. Serial No. 183,496. No model.)

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Be it known that I, J onx SGHNELL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of )lacon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Fly-Catchers, of which the following is a specification.

y invention is an improvement in that class of fiy-catchers in which a continuous cord or strip of fibrous material is drawn through a body of tacky liquid and is subsequently cut off in suitable lengths for use in various localities.

The invention is embodied in certain features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter described, and illustrated in accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section at right angles to that shown in Fig. 2.

The receptacle A for the tacky liquid is practically a triangular box, the same being provided with a sliding top a and with a slot at its apex or lower end a. The said top a has a strip or belt which is adapted to slide in guides provided by inwardly-projecting flanges one end of the slide being turned down, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, to serve as a pull-piece. The slide requires to be opened only for placing the tacky liquid X therein. This may be any liquid which is attractive to flies and has due adhesiveness such, for example, as thick molasses.

The receptacle A is provided with a hanger or suspending device B, which consists of parallel arms having their lower ends bent inward to form hook-pivots 7), adapted to enter holes in the sides of the receptacle A, their upper ends being permanently connected and bent to form a hook I).

The receptacle A is preferably constructed of sheet metal say tinned sheet-iron-and the suspending device is preferably constructed of spring-wire. This quality of elasticity enables the side arms of the device 13 to be sprung apart for engagement of the hooks 6 with the openings in the sides of the receptacle A. Thus the device may be attached to and detached from the receptacle with great facility.

ithin the hanger is supported a paperroll C, the same being mounted and adapted to rotate on an axis 15, consisting of a wire which is inserted through and supported by eyes 7) formed by bonds of the side portions of the hanger B. The wire 7/ thus serves as an axle or shaft upon which the roll C may be rotated freely. The strip 0, which is drawn off from the roll C, passes through a slot (1" in the sliding cover a and passes through the tacky liquid .1 and then through the narrow slot (1, provided at the lower apex of the receptacle A. The said slot is made as small or narrow as possible and yet allow the strip 0 to be drawn through it while preventing escape of the liquid a. Any desired length of the strip 0, smeared or covered with the tacky liquid, is drawn ofi and then severed from the body of the strip. The severed pieces may be layed upon plates or papers or suspended in any practicable manner in places where flies are accustomed to congregate.

The axle Z) is bent upward at one end, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, for the purpose of securing it in the eyes 6 but by bending down such point the axle may be withdrawn when required for the purpose of introducing a new roll (I.

The hook 7/ adapts the apparatus for suspension from a nail or other suitable support. It is apparent that when the slide 1/ is drawn out for the purpose of rcsupplying the receptacle with liquid the paper strip is moved with it, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. Thus it is not necessary to remove the strip 0 when the receptacle is to be filled.

The apparatus is simple and inexpensive in construction and convenient and etficient in use.

lVhat I claim isl. The improved fly-catcher comprising the receptacle for tacky liquid, which converges to a point where it is provided with a narrow slot, a sliding cover for said receptacle, having a slot for passage of a strip, and a suspending device comprising a wire frame having a removable axle, and a paperroll mounted 3. In a fly-catcher of the class described, a

receptacle for tacky liquid having a slot in its lower apex which serves for passage of a strip while preventing escape of the liquid, and a suspending device comprising a spring-wire frame whose lower ends are inturned and sprunginto engagement with the receptacle, substantially as described.

4. In a fly-catcher of the class described, the receptacle for tacky liquid and the suspending device consisting of a spring-wire frame having eyes formed by bends of its side members and a removable axle which is inserted in said eyes and serves to support a paper-roll as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a fly-catcher of the class described, the combination with the receptacle for tacky liquid, a suspending device connected therewith, and a paper-roll supported in said device, of the sliding top for said receptacle, the same having a central slot for passage of the strip drawn off from the roll, substantially as described.

JOHN SCHNELL. Witnesses:

' FREDERICK WILLIAM GoETTE,

WILLIAM BENJIMAN SMITH. 

